Local Food Insecurity Rates
17.2%
Overall Food Insecurity Rate
27.9%
Child Food Insecurity Rate
Food Bank Impact FY23
3,339,274 lbs
of food provided to families in need in Ouachita Parish
13,956 individuals
Served each month, including 4,569 children and 1,992 seniors
Our Hunger Relief Network
The Food Bank has multiple food assistance programs in this parish:
- Senior Program
- BackPack Program
- Kid’s Cabinet
- Community Partners – 23
- Disaster Relief
Your Support Helps Feed Families in Morehouse Parish
Beatrice is retired and lives on a fixed income. To make things more complicated, she must follow a special diet due to her high blood pressure. She joined the Food Bank’s Senior Program three years ago and receives a box of groceries every month.
Now she’s able to focus on paying her bills and not where her next meal will come from.
“The food box is a blessing,” she said. “Without the food box I get, I would have to make decisions between getting my medications or going to the store.”
